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Thailand or England?

What a difficult decision...

I must admit that the Irish men I have met are incredibly funny.

I packed on the pounds within months of meeting my wife.

As they say....

Eat, drink and be merry. For tomorrow you may...........

And most Thai songs end the same way......da da da.

Thanks.

What's for dinner?

At a recent visit to Emporium I was paying at the checkout when a Westerner was asking the same checkout girl for directions... Usually I'd ignore the issue, but I was there.

The guy was stressed and irritated, the checkout girl didn't know the answer to a simple question (it was clear she understood it).

The guy was asking if there was a bookshop nearby... The shop assistant had no idea...

I offered that there are two on either the floor below or two floors below..... The guy then berated me for not knowing exactly where a book store was, then went on to complain to me that the staff at Emporium had no idea.... Quite, I thought... In the West we are used to all staff at a shopping mall being a mind of information, living here I am used to the fact that the Staff have no interest in anything outside of their immediate world.

I pointed out to the guy that he won't get any further help from me or the staff if he has an aggressive attitude... he walked off in the direction I'd pointed....

I was left wondering why I'd tried to help, but realising that a simple issue was right there on the tip of my nose and it was so easy for me to offer a simple assistance and directions...

So... In answer to the Ops Question: Should I butt out?... YES - Unless people ask directly for help or need some form of medical attention... Butt Out - there are too many weirdos, whack-jobs and self-centred miserable gits out there... Those who are happy are less likely to need help anyway...

You did a good service in trying to help. Some people seem to be beyond help.

Helping others, for me, is trying to be of assistance and not worrying about the outcome.

My Uncle once told me "Phil,l if you see a kangaroo in distress after it has been hit with a car and it is injured, do not stop to help it. It will turn on you".

So what happened years later...

I hit a kangaroo with my car. I stopped to see if it was ok. I then ran back to my car in fear of my life.

Some people haven't evolved yet....

A relationship can end as quick as it started, anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded.

Everything in the garden may well be rosy right now but it can change very fast and anyone with a degree of common sense would make arrangements to protect themselves if it all turned sour.

As the guy was heard to say as he fell off the roof of a tall building, on every floor they heard him say "so far so good"

So do you have a parachute or just "hope" you wont hit the floor ?

Oh yes, this is a hurtful lesson I learnt from my farang wife.

100% either way. Any more questions?

I might even add that my wife often looks over my shoulder when I am on this forum and sees these bloody annoying advertisements that keep popping up about single women.

She doesn't ask, has no reason to, and I don't tell.

Absolutely nothing for either of us to hide.

I've seen this story before.

I too have been there done that and find geckos, altho very useful in that they eat mosquitoes, to Have little in common with humans.

While I will turn on the light in the carport to attract dinner for you, I have no interest in Reptile or is it amphibian issues.

I will try not to run you down with my scooter . If you are an exceptional Amphibian & play the violin I will Listen. Unless , of course you play country!

If your Violin Bow needs to be rehaired and you ask for advice, I might even locate said bowhair & install it for you, or repair your cracked soundboard.

No matter how well you anunciate Ge coe, tow keay, where can I get a pizza, any good hamburger around here, yaaaduh yaaaduh yaaaduh.

Am I bored yet. Did I travel halfway around the world to meet reptiles, or people that have less in common with me than the birds in the trees.

No O look a white dude I am white I must have found a new friend. Hi white person I am white will you be my friend..

I will tell you how much I love jesus

AAAAAAAAHhhhhhh No...

I take it you are having a go at the OP's avitar name.

And how would you reply if her name was "wet-pussy69"?

I have a good memory. I'll smile at you once and if you don't' smile back then I will ignore you forever; even if I see you dying on the footpath.

It is no-ones fault. Shyt happens. You did the right thing by remaining quiet and not making a mountain of it.

Congrats. Your life has just had a massive change, for the better. Hope Mum is fine.

How do you explain to your girlfriend that you are currently on a website that advertises single women?

I have flown this route tons of times and flown zillions of km all over the world and never seen this before. Usually if you get an exit seat (which I sometimes prefer cos there is more leg room) you are then asked if you agree to helping and given a short 'training' session. My phone was already turned off and amid the bustle could not get a shot but as I live and breathe there was a row of seats there. I will be returning to BKK again in a week or two and will be on the lookout with phone in hand.

Interesting reply. Please post pics.

You can bet the ThaiVisaForum "detectives" are looking it up on Google as we speak....

(edited to include clapping and laughing men......)

Oh, and the "detectives"........

Thais can be peculiar when it comes to social media. My wife is constantly showing me weird stuff sent to her by her friends, and I mean weird. They always share this stuff around.

However, it seems the trust is already gone; and sometimes good old "gut-feeling" kicks in.

He is back in Oz reminiscing about the "good old days".

In Khao San Road they glare and mutter at everyone. Don't feel so privileged.

The Sydney classified ads...

In time to decorate for halloween.

Full version for posting at home. App version for reading on the go. I can't think of anything that needs posting on the go, so am happy to just use that version for catching up.

My wife is half my size, but she has twice my brains. I do exactly as she tells me.

The only farang I see in Thailand is my neighbour Rob, when he is here. The nearest farang apart from him is about 40 minutes away in Phon Cheroen, but I don't know his name.

I like Rob. He was my neighbour in Coffs, and introduced me to my wife.

Ooops, have to go; my wife is calling me for dinner...